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Commiphora Myrrha and Commiphora Africana Essential Oils Available online www.jocpr.com Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2014, 6(7):151-156 ISSN : 0975-7384 Research Article CODEN(USA) : JCPRC5 Commiphora myrrha and commiphora Africana essential oils Suad A. Gadir 1 and Ibtisam M. Ahmed 2 1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Alzaeim Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan 2Faculty of Education, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Program Ph.D. Chemistry, Alzaeim Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT From generation to generation in all countries all around the world medicinal plants play an important role in our live from ancient time till these days of wide drugs and pharmacological high technique industries , the studding of biological and pharmacological activities of plant essential oils attracted the attention to the potential use of these natural products from chemical and pharmacological investigation to their therapeutic aspects. In this paper two resins commiphora Africana and commiphora myrrha were selected to discuss their essential oils for chemical analysis and biological aspect the results of GCMS shows that the two resins are rich in sesqiuterpenes and sesqiuterpene lactones compounds that possess anti-inflammatory and antitumor activity Antibacterial and antifungal bioassay shows antibacterial and antifungal activity higher in the myrrha oil than the Africana oil while antiviral bioassay shows higher antiviral activity in the Africana oil than myrrha oil Key words : burseraceae, Essential oil, Sesquiterpenes, GCMS, brine shrimbs, NDV. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION The genus Commiphora (Burseraceae) includes over 150 species of trees and shrubs, distributed mostly in East Africa, Arabia and India (1).The comminphora myrrha tree produces a type of aromatic resin known as myrrh (mur higazy) ,commiphora Africana tree produce gum resin known in sudan as gafal resin . name Commiphora may be based on the Greek words kommi gum and phero to bear (2) Biblically, Myrrh was given to Christ at his birth. It was esteemed higher and cost more than gold. The Muslim physician al-Razi the greatest of all medieval clinicians, used myrrh to treat ailments of the kidneys and bladder, to dissipate swellings in the stomach . (3) Essential oils have been used for a wide variety of purposes including perfumes, cosmetics, aromatherapy , secondary metabolites .Terpenes and terpenoids are the most important constituents in essential oils terpenes are distributed in the plant kingdom (4) pharmaceuticals composition reported some sesquiterpene lactones in treating some diseases , helenalin is a anti-inflammatory drug and parthenolide a sesquiterpene lactones with anti cancer effect (5 .6) .Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy were used to identify chemical components in essentialn oils (7) EXPERIMENTAL SECTION 2.1.Plant materials Commiphora Africana resin were collected from the western sudan (Jabal mara ),and identified by Dr. Mohamed Elmubark at sudan university of science and technology resins unit and commiphora myrrh resin which is known and widely used in sudan and Arabic and African countries were bought from Omdurman market ,their essential oil were extracted by steam distillation at the researches centre of medicinal and aromatic plants at Khartoum Sudan . 200 gm of each resin were grinded and the oil extracted by steam distillation .6.5 ml. of C.myrrha essential oil were yielded while only 2ml. of C. Africana were yielded . 151 Suad A. Gadir and Ibtisam M. Ahmed J. Chem. Pharm. Res., 2014, 6(7):151-156 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2.2.Thin layer chromatography: Thin layer chromatography was carried out for commiphora Africana and commiphora myrrh essential oils, Pre- coated silica gel plate used a stationary while Petroleum ether: Di-ethyl ether (9: 1) and Toluene : Ethyl acetate (93: 7) were used as mobile phase 0.2 ml of the samples was dissolved in 105 ml of methanol and applied to the bottom of the plated at 2 cm using capillary tube. Plate was kept to dry by air and then inserted in tank containing the selected solvent system. After reached the height of 15 to 20 cm, plate was took out and allowed to air till solvent was completely evaporated. The plate was inspected in day light, then examined under UV lamp and finally sprayed with para anizaldehyde spray reagent and heated at 100 C for about five minutes. Rf values of separated compounds which appeared under UV , after sprayed and heated retention factors were calculated as follows. Rf= distant travelled by sample distant travelled by solvent Photo 2. 2. TLC plate of C.AF oil and C.MR oil Table 2.2.1 Retention factor of commiphora Africana oil (petroleum ether and diethyl ether ( 9 : 1 ) Spot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rf 0.2 0.3252 0.4172 0.5460 0.7362 0.8098 0.9754 2.2.2 Retention Factor of Commiphora Africana oil (Toluene and Ethyl acetate ( 93:7) Spot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rf 0.3333 0.5333 0.5666 0.7333 0.8000 0.9333 0.9867 Table 2.2.3 Retention Factor of Myrrha oil (petroleum ether and diethyl ether 9:1) spot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rf 0.16266 0.21687 0.5422 0.6458 0.7169 0.8132 0.8916 Table2.2.4 Retention factor of Myrrha oil (Toluene and Ethyl acetate93:7 Spot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rf 0.3354 0.4051 0.0613 0.6709 0.7532 0.8798 0.9403 2.3.Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy GC/MS is the method for identifying volatile compounds in complex mixtures. GCMS of these oils were done to investigate chemical compounds in Commiphora .africana and Commiphora. myrrha oils . GCMS analysis were done at the instrumentation lab of central petroleum laboratories Khartoum. the results shows they were rich in terpenes specially sesquiterpene and sesquiterpene lactones and diterpenes which have wide interest for their biological activities such as anti inflammatory and anti cancer effect 152 Suad A. Gadir and Ibtisam M. Ahmed J. Chem. Pharm. Res., 2014, 6(7):151-156 ______________________________________________________________________________ Figure 2.3.1 commiphora Africana essential oil chromatogram Chromatogram Plot File: c:\varianws\data\sara elseikh\rcc\id1277411-13-2012.sms Sample: ID12774 Operator: TAWFEEG Scan Range: 1 - 4102 Time Range: 0.00 - 85.98 min. Date: 11/13/2012 11:54 AM MCounts 35:450 Apex: 77.389 min. Area: 1.078e+7 4 Apex: 74.536 min. Area: 8.842e+6 3 Apex: 55.420 min. Area: 2.636e+7 1A 2 Apex: 33.233 min. Area: 1.735e+7 Apex: 73.928 min. Area: 4.405e+6 Apex: 75.505 min. Area: 2.284e+6 1 Apex: 23.575 min. Area: 5.583e+6 Apex: 75.775 min. Apex:Area: 75.286 1.110e+6 min. Area: 971531 Apex:Apex: 74.203 74.837Apex: min. min. 77.210 min. Area: 977313 Area:Apex: 908464 74.453Area:Apex: min. 687298 77.496 min. Area: 495685 Area: 310270 Apex: 19.827 min. Apex:Apex: 54.811 55.741 min. min. Area: 526436 Apex: 27.027 min. Area: 448518 Area: 315030 Area: 467205 0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 minutes Seg 2, Ext EI, Time: 5.00-86.00 975 1443 1910 2356 2837 3283 3814 Scans Table 2.3.1 Chemical compounds in commiphora Africana oil detected by GCMS NO NAME FORMULA RT MW AREA AREA% 1 Cyclobutane, 1,2-bis(1-methylethenyl)-, trans- C10H16 19.827 136 526436 0.6356 2 trans-4-Decene C10H20 23.575 140 558300 6.741 3 trans,trans-3,5-Heptadien-2-one C7H10O 27.027 110 315030 0.3804 4 Cyclopropane, octyl- C11H22 33.233 154 173500 20.95 5 Ethanone, 1-(1,3-dimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)- C10H16O 54.811 152 467205 0.5641 6 1,4-Methanoazulene, decahydro-4,8,8-trimethyl-9-methylene-, [1S-(1à,3aá,4à,8aá)]- C15H24 55.420 204 263600 31.83 7 Ethanone, 1-(1,4-dimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)- C10H16O 55.741 152 448518 0.5415 8 1,3,6,10-Cyclotetradecatetraene, 3,7,11-trimethyl-14-(1-methylethyl)-, [S-(E,Z,E,E)]- C20H32 73.928 272 440500 5.319 9 Podocarpa-6,13-diene, 13-isopropyl- C20H32 74.203 272 908464 1.097 10 Kaur-16-ene, (8á,13á)- C20H32 74.453 272 495685 0.5985 11 Kaur-16-ene C20H32 74.536 272 884200 10.68 Phenanthrene, 7-ethenyl-1,2,3,4,4a,4b,5,6,7,9,10,10a-dodecahydro-1,1,4a,7-tetra 12 C20H32 74.837 272 977313 1.180 methyl-, [4aS-(4aà,4bá,7á,10aá)]- 13 17-Norkaur-15-ene, 13-methyl-, (8á,13á)- C20H32 75.286 272 971531 1.173 14 Podocarpa-6,13-diene, 13-isopropyl- C20H32 75.505 272 228400 2.758 15 Isodihydrohistrionicotoxin 285a C19H27NO 75.775 285 111000 1.340 Bicyclo[9.3.1]pentadeca-3,7-dien-12-ol, 4,8,12,15,15-pentamethyl-, [1R-(1R*,3E, 16 C20H34O 77.210 290 687298 0.8299 7E,11R*,12R*)]- Cyclopentanemethanol, 5-methyl-2-[1-methylene-3-(5-isopropyl-2-methylcyclopent- 17 C20H34O 77.389 290 107800 13.02 1-enyl)propyl]- 153 Suad A. Gadir and Ibtisam M. Ahmed J. Chem. Pharm. Res., 2014, 6(7):151-156 ______________________________________________________________________________ Figure 2.3.2 Commiphora Myrrha Oil GCMS chromatogram Chromatogram Plot File: c:\varianws\data\sara elseikh\rcc\id1277511-14-2012.sms Sample: ID12775 Operator: TAWFEEG Scan Range: 1 - 4007 Time Range: 0.00 - 85.96 min. Date: 11/14/2012 8:12 AM MCounts 35:450 Apex: 58.868 min. Area: 2.516e+7 2.5 Apex: 51.122 min. Area: 1.356e+7 2.0 1.5 Apex: 59.293 min. Area: 7.021e+6 1.0 Apex: 44.462 min. 0.5 Area: 2.061e+6 Apex: 64.954 min.
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